EP0170358A1 - Surgical element - Google Patents
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- EP0170358A1 EP0170358A1 EP85303726A EP85303726A EP0170358A1 EP 0170358 A1 EP0170358 A1 EP 0170358A1 EP 85303726 A EP85303726 A EP 85303726A EP 85303726 A EP85303726 A EP 85303726A EP 0170358 A1 EP0170358 A1 EP 0170358A1
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04C—BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE
- D04C1/00—Braid or lace, e.g. pillow-lace; Processes for the manufacture thereof
- D04C1/06—Braid or lace serving particular purposes
- D04C1/12—Cords, lines, or tows
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
- A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
- A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
- A61B17/06166—Sutures
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
- A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
- A61F2/08—Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L17/00—Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels ; Materials for prostheses or catheters
- A61L17/04—Non-resorbable materials
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L27/00—Materials for grafts or prostheses or for coating grafts or prostheses
- A61L27/02—Inorganic materials
- A61L27/08—Carbon ; Graphite
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L27/00—Materials for grafts or prostheses or for coating grafts or prostheses
- A61L27/14—Macromolecular materials
- A61L27/18—Macromolecular materials obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
- A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
- A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
- A61B17/06166—Sutures
- A61B2017/06171—Sutures helically or spirally coiled
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2310/00—Prostheses classified in A61F2/28 or A61F2/30 - A61F2/44 being constructed from or coated with a particular material
- A61F2310/00005—The prosthesis being constructed from a particular material
- A61F2310/00161—Carbon; Graphite
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
- D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
- D07B5/00—Making ropes or cables from special materials or of particular form
- D07B5/005—Making ropes or cables from special materials or of particular form characterised by their outer shape or surface properties
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
- D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
- D10B2509/00—Medical; Hygiene
- D10B2509/04—Sutures
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- This invention relates to a surgical element of elongate flexible nature capable of being used singly as a suture or in multiple lengths as a prosthesis or replacement element for a ligament or tendon.
- a surgical element comprises a core consisting of a multiplicity of flexible filaments and partial sheathing therefor formed of filaments of at least one standard implantable grade polymer distributed in at least two groups of a width such that the aggregate of their widths is less than the circumference of the core, the groups of sheathing filaments being interwoven with contra-rotation about the core so that areas of the core filaments are exposed at frequent intervals along the length of the element.
- the core filaments may be fine carbon fibres or they may be formed of biocompatible or bioreactive polymer, but - whatever the material of the core filaments - the exposing of areas of core filaments encourages penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue between the core filaments.
- the polymer, of both the sheathing filaments and of a core of polymer, may be a polyester.
- a method of forming a surgical element in accordance with the invention comprises braiding the sheathing filaments about the core filaments in a braiding machine in which a number of the bobbins are not utilised, and in which at least two sets of contra-rotating bobbins are utilised.
- the core filaments may be under negligible tension during the weaving of the sheathing filaments, so that the core filaments in the exposed areas tend to bulge and separate slightly, thus further encouraging penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue.
- the surgical element When the surgical element is placed under tension the sheathing filaments will take the initial strain, until such time that their extension equals the predetermined slack in the core filaments, which will thereafter also take strain.
- Surgical elements in accordance with the invention of any length can be cut from a continuous production (or substantially so), and one end of each length may be secured to a needle, for use of the element as a suture, e.g., in a hernia operation, and the other end may be whipped or bonded or sheathed with plastics material to prevent it unravelling.
- a length may be doubled up, two or more times, e.g., forty times, to form a prosthesis or replacement element for a ligament or tendon, and a loop (or loops) at one or each end may form an eye (or eyes), for use in securing to bone by means of an attachment device, e.g., a screw or bollard, engaging with the eye.
- an attachment device e.g., a screw or bollard
- the loop (or loops) at one end - or the adjacent ends of a plurality of lengths in accordance with the invention extending side-by-side - may be provided with a probe formed by a plastics sleeve, to assist insertion through a hole in bone, and which probe may thereafter be cut off.
- a biocompatible lubricant is preferably applied to the surgical element to ease its passage through tissue.and/or bone during the operative procedure.
- a surgical element 1 comprises a core 2 consisting of a multiplicity of carbon fibres and partrial sheathing 3 formed of polyester filaments distributed in at least two groups 3X, 3Y of a width such that the aggregate of their widths is less than the circumference of the core, the groups of sheathing filaments being interwoven with contra-rotation about the core so that areas 4 of the carbon fibre core are exposed at frequent intervals along the length of the element, to encourage penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue between the carbon fibres.
- the surgical element is conveniently formed in a braiding machine, not shown but one example of which is known universally as the "J. B. Hyde Pickmaster", in which a number of bobbins are not utilised and in which two equal sets of contra-rotating bobbins are utilised.
- the carbon fibre core 2 is under negligible tension during the weaving of the sheathing filaments 3, so that the carbon fibres in the exposed areas 4 tend to bulge and separate slightly, thus further encouraging penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue, and - because the two equal sets of contra-rotating bobbins results in two equal groups of sheathing filaments 3X, 3Y being interwoven - the exposed areas 4 of carbon fibres alternate from side-to-side of the element 1, giving a sinusoidal or distinctive 'zigzag' appearance to the element.
- the core 2 is formed of polyester filaments - otherwise the surgical element 1 is of similar form to that of Figures 1 to 3, but also has a closer weave of the groups 3X, 3Y of the sheathing filaments, giving rise to a closer spacing of the exposed areas 4 of the core filaments.
- the surgical element 1 is secured at one end in the shank 5 of an arcuate needle 6, for use of the element as a suture, and the other end is sheathed with plastics material 7 to prevent it unravelling.
- a ligament repair tow consists of the surgical element 1 doubled up and provided with a single probe 8, formed by a plastics sheath over the two ends of the element, and with a looped pulling wire 9, while in Figure 6 another ligament repair tow consists of a single length surgical element 1 with a probe 8 at both ends and each with a looped pulling wire 9.
- a ligament replacement prosthesis consists of the surgical element 1 doubled up many times (e.g. forty times) to form a syunthetic ligament replacement having a loop 10 at both ends, (with braiding 11) to form eyes for a toggle 12 at one end and an anchoring screw 13 (with washer 14) at the other, the toggle being captive but the screw being provided separately, for use when the ligament replacement has been drawn into the required position across a joint by means of a probe 8 (with a looped pulling wire 9) uniting the ends of a tape 15 looped through the eye, the tape being cut when the screw is inserted into a hole in a bone drilled for that purpose.
- a biocompatible lubricant is preferably applied to the surgical elements 1 to ease their passage through tissue and/or bone during the operative procedure.
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Abstract
Description
- This invention relates to a surgical element of elongate flexible nature capable of being used singly as a suture or in multiple lengths as a prosthesis or replacement element for a ligament or tendon.
- According to the present invention, a surgical element comprises a core consisting of a multiplicity of flexible filaments and partial sheathing therefor formed of filaments of at least one standard implantable grade polymer distributed in at least two groups of a width such that the aggregate of their widths is less than the circumference of the core, the groups of sheathing filaments being interwoven with contra-rotation about the core so that areas of the core filaments are exposed at frequent intervals along the length of the element.
- The core filaments may be fine carbon fibres or they may be formed of biocompatible or bioreactive polymer, but - whatever the material of the core filaments - the exposing of areas of core filaments encourages penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue between the core filaments. The polymer, of both the sheathing filaments and of a core of polymer, may be a polyester.
- A method of forming a surgical element in accordance with the invention comprises braiding the sheathing filaments about the core filaments in a braiding machine in which a number of the bobbins are not utilised, and in which at least two sets of contra-rotating bobbins are utilised.
- The core filaments may be under negligible tension during the weaving of the sheathing filaments, so that the core filaments in the exposed areas tend to bulge and separate slightly, thus further encouraging penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue. When the surgical element is placed under tension the sheathing filaments will take the initial strain, until such time that their extension equals the predetermined slack in the core filaments, which will thereafter also take strain.
- Thus, with two equal sets of contra-rotating bobbins, two equal groups of sheathing filaments, will be interwoven and the exposed areas of core filaments will alternate from side-to-side of the element, giving a sinusoidal or 'zigzag' appearance to the el ement.
- Surgical elements in accordance with the invention of any length can be cut from a continuous production (or substantially so), and one end of each length may be secured to a needle, for use of the element as a suture, e.g., in a hernia operation, and the other end may be whipped or bonded or sheathed with plastics material to prevent it unravelling.
- Alternatively, a length may be doubled up, two or more times, e.g., forty times, to form a prosthesis or replacement element for a ligament or tendon, and a loop (or loops) at one or each end may form an eye (or eyes), for use in securing to bone by means of an attachment device, e.g., a screw or bollard, engaging with the eye. Again the loop (or loops) at one end - or the adjacent ends of a plurality of lengths in accordance with the invention extending side-by-side - may be provided with a probe formed by a plastics sleeve, to assist insertion through a hole in bone, and which probe may thereafter be cut off.
- A biocompatible lubricant is preferably applied to the surgical element to ease its passage through tissue.and/or bone during the operative procedure.
- A number of embodiments of the- invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is an elevation of a surgical element in accordance with the invention, having a core of carbon fibres and partial sheathing of polyester filaments, and provided with a needle so as to serve as a light duty suture;
- Figure 2 is an enlargement of a portion 'A' of the-surgical element shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is. an enlargement of a portion 'B' of the surgical element shown in Figure 1 and lying orthogonally with respect to the portion 'A';
- Figure 4 corresponds to Figure 2 but shows a core of polyester filaments as well as partial sheathing of polyester filaments;
- Figure 5 is an elevation of another surgical element in accordance with the invention, doubled up and provided with a single probe so as to serve as a tow for liagament repair;
- Figure 6 corresponds to Figure 5 but shows an embodiment having a probe at both - ends of a single length element;
- Figure 7 is an elevation of a further embodiment consisting of a surgical element in acccordance with the invention doubled up many times to form a synthetic ligament replacement having a loop at both ends for anchoring devices; and
- -Figure 8 shows typical load/extension curves for two carbon fibre core/polyester sheathing embodiments of the invention.
- In Figures- 1 to 3, a
surgical element 1 comprises acore 2 consisting of a multiplicity of carbon fibres andpartrial sheathing 3 formed of polyester filaments distributed in at least twogroups areas 4 of the carbon fibre core are exposed at frequent intervals along the length of the element, to encourage penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue between the carbon fibres. - The surgical element is conveniently formed in a braiding machine, not shown but one example of which is known universally as the "J. B. Hyde Pickmaster", in which a number of bobbins are not utilised and in which two equal sets of contra-rotating bobbins are utilised. The
carbon fibre core 2 is under negligible tension during the weaving of thesheathing filaments 3, so that the carbon fibres in the exposedareas 4 tend to bulge and separate slightly, thus further encouraging penetration and ingrowth of fresh tissue, and - because the two equal sets of contra-rotating bobbins results in two equal groups ofsheathing filaments areas 4 of carbon fibres alternate from side-to-side of theelement 1, giving a sinusoidal or distinctive 'zigzag' appearance to the element. - In Figure 4 the
core 2 is formed of polyester filaments - otherwise thesurgical element 1 is of similar form to that of Figures 1 to 3, but also has a closer weave of thegroups areas 4 of the core filaments. - In Figure 1 the
surgical element 1 is secured at one end in theshank 5 of an arcuate needle 6, for use of the element as a suture, and the other end is sheathed with plastics material 7 to prevent it unravelling. - In Figure 5 a ligament repair tow consists of the
surgical element 1 doubled up and provided with asingle probe 8, formed by a plastics sheath over the two ends of the element, and with a looped pulling wire 9, while in Figure 6 another ligament repair tow consists of a single lengthsurgical element 1 with aprobe 8 at both ends and each with a looped pulling wire 9. - In Figure 7 a ligament replacement prosthesis consists of the
surgical element 1 doubled up many times (e.g. forty times) to form a syunthetic ligament replacement having aloop 10 at both ends, (with braiding 11) to form eyes for atoggle 12 at one end and an anchoring screw 13 (with washer 14) at the other, the toggle being captive but the screw being provided separately, for use when the ligament replacement has been drawn into the required position across a joint by means of a probe 8 (with a looped pulling wire 9) uniting the ends of atape 15 looped through the eye, the tape being cut when the screw is inserted into a hole in a bone drilled for that purpose. - A biocompatible lubricant is preferably applied to the
surgical elements 1 to ease their passage through tissue and/or bone during the operative procedure. - When a
surgical element 1 in accordance with the invention, formed with thecore filaments 2 under negligible tension during the weaving of thesheathing filaments 3, is placed under tension the sheathing filaments will take the initial strain, as illustrated by the portions 16 of the load/extension curves in Figure 8 relating to two ligamentrepair tows LRT 1 andLRT 2, respective details of which are given in the following table:- - When the extension of the
sheathing filaments 3 equals the predetermined slack in thecore filaments 2, as indicated by thesteps 17 in the curves in Figure 8, the core filaments will thereafter also take strain, as illustrated by theportions 18 of the curves.
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